Attn: Susan Ref: Sophisticated Rename

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Sophisticated Rename became shareware and its price is only $19.95.
Old freeware releases will not be updated and supported anymore.

http://antol.msk.ru/soft/indexe.htm#sr

What is the last freeware version of this product? (1.50, 1.70, 1.??)

I found Sophisticated Rename v1.50, but have not found v1.70 or above,
do you know of any sources for v1.70 or above?
 
Mel wrote in said:
http://antol.msk.ru/soft/indexe.htm#sr

What is the last freeware version of this product? (1.50, 1.70, 1.??)

I found Sophisticated Rename v1.50, but have not found v1.70
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<http://www.alltheshareware.com/Sophisticated-Rename-Software-66994.html>
Offers a link for sr17.exe, but the request gets redirected to
<http://antol.msk.ru/dist/sr17.exe>, the authors home site, and when I
run the downloaded sr17.exe, I get a screen that reads:

"You tried to download Sophisticated Rename 1.7. Why didn't you
visit the author's website first? A new version has already been
released. Please go to http://antol.msk.ru/sr to download the
latest version of Sophisticated Rename."

With push-buttons labeled:

"Go to the site" and "No Thanks"

Sigh. Luckily I do not pay by the minute for my downloads any more!

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen wrote in said:
Mel wrote in <[email protected]>:

<http://www.alltheshareware.com/Sophisticated-Rename-Software-66994.html>
Offers a link for sr17.exe, but the request gets redirected to
<http://antol.msk.ru/dist/sr17.exe>, the authors home site, and when I
run the downloaded sr17.exe, I get a screen that reads:

"You tried to download Sophisticated Rename 1.7. Why didn't you
visit the author's website first? A new version has already been
released. Please go to http://antol.msk.ru/sr to download the
latest version of Sophisticated Rename."

With push-buttons labeled:

"Go to the site" and "No Thanks"

Sigh. Luckily I do not pay by the minute for my downloads any more!
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From his webpage <http://antol.msk.ru/soft/sre.htm>:

"The software is provided as freeware. If you find the program
useful, you may assess its value yourself and send me the money.
Please feel free to contact me - see 'Help-About' window.

You can distribute the software without taking any kind of fee or
reward in return. You MAY NOT sell, rent or lease this program."

Same text found in the manual (sr-eng.htm), placed in the programs
home direcotery by the installer.

OK then, for the time being I've uploaded version
1.7 (15 Jun 2004 - 26 Aug 2004) here:
<http://rapidshare.de/files/1262499/sr17.exe.htm>


All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Discovered last night that Zdnet now requires registration - of course
there's no guarantee that the DL link will work after you sign up.
arghhhhhh. . .
From his webpage <http://antol.msk.ru/soft/sre.htm>:

"The software is provided as freeware. If you find the program
useful, you may assess its value yourself and send me the money.
Please feel free to contact me - see 'Help-About' window.

You can distribute the software without taking any kind of fee or
reward in return. You MAY NOT sell, rent or lease this program."

Same text found in the manual (sr-eng.htm), placed in the programs
home direcotery by the installer.

OK then, for the time being I've uploaded version
1.7 (15 Jun 2004 - 26 Aug 2004) here:
<http://rapidshare.de/files/1262499/sr17.exe.htm>
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Thank you Bjorn. :)

Does someone want to host the file on a permanent basis?

speaking of which - DLExpert (PL2005)

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005INTERNET.php#0185-PW

The site is gone (http://www.yanew.com/english.htm) and download
locations are very thin on the ground - the *only* DL I have for version
0.99 is:

http://yesterday.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ftp/dlexpert099.exe

Wilders has version 0.98 (FWIW - my preferred version)

http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1630/dlexpert098.exe

Does anyone have other links to offer? I haven't checked the EULA) - if
distribution is permitted does someone want to host the file/files?

Susan
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Mel wrote in said:
<http://www.alltheshareware.com/Sophisticated-Rename-Software-66994.html>
Offers a link for sr17.exe, but the request gets redirected to
<http://antol.msk.ru/dist/sr17.exe>, the authors home site, and when I
run the downloaded sr17.exe, I get a screen that reads:

"You tried to download Sophisticated Rename 1.7. Why didn't you
visit the author's website first? A new version has already been
released. Please go to http://antol.msk.ru/sr to download the
latest version of Sophisticated Rename."

With push-buttons labeled:

"Go to the site" and "No Thanks"

Sigh. Luckily I do not pay by the minute for my downloads any more!

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
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Sophisticated Rename's latest version is shareware.
 
Sophisticated Rename's latest version is shareware
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Tell me something I didn't know. Instead of simply removing the
freeware version from his site, so that any 3.party page linking to
the old freeware download on his site - will simply produce a 404 if
for the download, the author has instead created the above mentioned
dummy file - with the above mentioned "dummy" text. Let me put it this
way, he released a freeware app that many sites still promotes as
freeware and provide a download link for. Instead of simply removing
the app from his site, he provides the above mentioned dummy download.
Not nice. Not nice at all! Oh well, I'll just file his name under
"never buy anything from this guy". Have deleted his app from my
system now, don't trust anyone behaving like this. Oh well, life goes
on.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Does someone want to host the file on a permanent basis?
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I can upload it and archive it. Either tonight or maybe tomorrow. I have it
installed and it looks to be a really nice tool.
 
Bjorn said:
Tell me something I didn't know. Instead of simply removing the
freeware version from his site, so that any 3.party page linking to
the old freeware download on his site - will simply produce a 404 if
for the download, the author has instead created the above mentioned
dummy file - with the above mentioned "dummy" text. Let me put it this
way, he released a freeware app that many sites still promotes as
freeware and provide a download link for. Instead of simply removing
the app from his site, he provides the above mentioned dummy download.
Not nice. Not nice at all! Oh well, I'll just file his name under
"never buy anything from this guy". Have deleted his app from my
system now, don't trust anyone behaving like this. Oh well, life goes
on.
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I disagree. The author does tell you that it's a different version.

IMO removing a download link and not the description of the "Freeware"
is dishonest - it's a form of free advertising for the shareware version
as the link to the author's site is usually still good. Worse yet - some
authors release their apps as Freeware and change the file to a
shareware version later. IOW - you think you are downloading Freeware -
per the unchanged info on the download sites - but are really
downloading shareware.

In any event, I much prefer authors of *real* Freeware - Freeware that
is meant to be free more or less forever. ISTM that any short term
"Freeware" release is basically dishonest if the author does not state
up front that it is a limited time offer and very few of them do. As a
result there are lot of sites with links to "Freeware" that isn't - no
doubt the acf program info pages have a few such links. . .

Susan
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Mel said:
http://www.yanew.com/

Seems to be alive and well....
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Not here. All I see in Mozilla is a white screen. I also tried IE - was
asked several times if it was okay to run scripts - I said yes each time
- eventually got a "this page cannot be displayed" message.

I couldn't get the download to work either:

http://www.yanew.com/dlexpert099.exe

FYI - the domain expired. This has happened before and the site has come
back - but this time it hasn't so far - at least from where I'm sitting.

Is anyone else having the same problems?

Susan
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Not here. All I see in Mozilla is a white screen. I also tried IE - was
asked several times if it was okay to run scripts - I said yes each time
- eventually got a "this page cannot be displayed" message.

I couldn't get the download to work either:

http://www.yanew.com/dlexpert099.exe

FYI - the domain expired. This has happened before and the site has come
back - but this time it hasn't so far - at least from where I'm sitting.

Is anyone else having the same problems?
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Seems to be alive and well with IE too.
 
Susan Bugher wrote in said:
I disagree. The author does tell you that it's a different version.
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Be my guest, but, but, but. . . nonsense. Yes the exe does tell you a
new version is out. But the author did not need to use a exe for that.
Worse, the exe does in fact not tell you anything about freeware
turning shareware, only that there is a new version out. You'd have to
go to the site to learn more. Try it. The exe calls your browser,
which loads a descriptive online page <http://antol.msk.ru/sr/> -
which in turn says nothing at all about shareware AFAICT. Lets say you
from there navigate directly to the download page
<http://antol.msk.ru/sr/download.htm>, something you probably would if
you still are under the assumption the software is still freeware -
and you just want to get it: But there is no info about the change
from freeware to shareware on the given download page either, only a
minor clue, the download link says "Trial version".

OK,OK, so the size of the exe is no big deal. But still, an exe is an
exe is an exe. The words "not here" and "no longer freeware" is plain
ascii which can be viewed with any browser, no need to "download and
run" anything (other than ascii).

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Roger said:
Susan Bugher wrote:


Works for me, I just clicked on the link and downloaded the file.
787304 bytes.

DNS server problems maybe?
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It must be that - I expect the site will show up here in a day or two
(when the latest change has propagated).

Honest to pete - I've been watching the site for almost a *month*,
thinking it might come back to life. Finally gave up and revised the PL
description a couple of days ago. . .

Susan
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Be my guest, but, but, but. . . nonsense. Yes the exe does tell you a
new version is out. But the author did not need to use a exe for that.
Worse, the exe does in fact not tell you anything about freeware
turning shareware, only that there is a new version out. You'd have to
go to the site to learn more. Try it. The exe calls your browser,
which loads a descriptive online page <http://antol.msk.ru/sr/> -
which in turn says nothing at all about shareware AFAICT. Lets say you
from there navigate directly to the download page
<http://antol.msk.ru/sr/download.htm>, something you probably would if
you still are under the assumption the software is still freeware -
and you just want to get it: But there is no info about the change
from freeware to shareware on the given download page either, only a
minor clue, the download link says "Trial version".

OK,OK, so the size of the exe is no big deal. But still, an exe is an
exe is an exe. The words "not here" and "no longer freeware" is plain
ascii which can be viewed with any browser, no need to "download and
run" anything (other than ascii).
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FWIW - the web site does show links to order/buy on the menu on the left
side - and the download page also has notes about the limitations of the
"unregistered" version.

I agree the "download" is quite annoying. I'm *only* saying that
(unfortunately) it's pretty much SOP to do *something* annoying when
changing an app from Freeware to shareware - I don't find this as
maddening as some of the things other authors do/have done. For instance
- putting an expire date into the last version that's released as
Freeware and not telling people what you've done (a couple of PL
programs come to mind as examples).

Susan
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It must be that - I expect the site will show up here in a day or two
(when the latest change has propagated).
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I started using a local DNS server a week ago, BIND-LE for win98 in my
case.
Maybe something for you too, if your DNS servers do not work well.

Or look up
"alternative dns servers"
on google, read some of the articles you find, and set up one or more
alternative dns servers in your network setup beside the ones you got
from your ISP.

http://support.open-rsc.org/
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,12807742
 
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